bodies

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The ruling said the court not exercising its powers in the case would send out the wrong signal to other public bodies, undermine the authority of the commissioner, and subvert the rule of law.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The book established many of the themes that continue through Rowbottom’s fiction: women at odds with their bodies, mothers and daughters struggling toward one another, beauty as both aspiration and burden.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

It may also help night shift workers activate a key repair process while their bodies recover during the day.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

If “to toss and mangle these poor human bodies was the . . . law of Nature,” Thoreau asks us, “why waste any time in awe or pity?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Postmortem photographs of children showed their bodies posed as if asleep or with toys as if still alive.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock